The Hong Kong Open (also known as the Salem Open) was also previously a men's
tennis tournament that was held in Hong Kong on the
Grand Prix tour from (1973–1987) and the
ATP Tour from (1990–2002). Players competed in the Victoria Park Tennis Centre, on outdoor hard courts.
Michael Chang held the record number of wins with three titles. In 2001, as with legislation restricting
tobacco sponsorship, organizers controversially altered its official logo to include the logo of
Perrier, causing
anti-smoking campaigners to claim that the organizers exploited a
loophole in its sponsorship clause. The men's tournament was replaced in 2003 by the
Thailand Open. A women's competition was also held in Hong Kong from 1980 to 1982; and then once more in 1993, as a Tier IV event on the
WTA Tour. Wendy Turnbull won two titles in this competition. Beginning in 2014, the Hong Kong Tennis Open resumed after a two decade absence, sponsored by the Hong Kong-based insurance company
Prudential. The tournament was honored as the WTA International Tournament of the Year in 2018. After the 2018 edition, the tournament was cancelled for 4 years due to the
2019–20 Hong Kong protests in 2019, and the
COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong from 2020 to 2022. In 2023, the WTA returned to Hong Kong and held its first edition since 2018
in 2023. As announced by the
Association of Tennis Professionals in June 2023, the ATP 250 license belonging to
Pune, Maharashtra was relocated to Hong Kong. The
first iteration of the tournament took place from 1–7 January on outdoor hard courts with a total prize money of more than $650,000. The tournament, sponsored by the
Bank of China (Hong Kong), is expected to be a stop for players on their way to the Australian Open. == Results ==